High School Summer Travel Programs
Who would have thought that summer school can be fun? Even more, that it can be the best summer of your educational career, and that it will provide you with stories of foreign lands, strange characters, mysterious languages, lifelong friendships, good deeds, and other hidden treasures. Whether you wish to swim with sharks in South Africa, roll your r’s in Spain, or become someone’s hero in Vietnam, there are high school summer programs abroad just for you. Even if it doesn’t give a certificate or transcript credit, the meaningful investment of your time will be worth more than any community college class or babysitting gig back home.


Arcos Journeys Abroad
Spanish Language & Costa Rican Culture
Immerse yourself in the Spanish language of Costa Rica, the happi...
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Seville Abroad

High School Program in Spain with Seville Abroad
Spend time in Spain and get ready for an experience you won’t for...

AFS-USA
AFS Intercultural Programs: Spain Summer Language Study
Advance your Spanish with both formal study and first-hand cultur...
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Greenheart Travel

Teen Language Camp in Spain with Greenheart
Learn and improve your Spanish through full language and cultural...
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ActionQuest
ActionQuest BVI Summer Adventures for Teens
Living aboard sailing yachts in small groups of 11 to 13 teenager...

ISSOS International

ISSOS at Yale: Summer School in the US
Join ISSOS at Yale and get the chance to experience student life ...
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CIEE High School Abroad
CIEE HS Summer Abroad: Spanish Language in Buenos Aires
Unleash your talent for Spanish in the "Paris of South America." ...
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Travel For Teens
Travel For Teens: Iceland Adventure
Breathtaking waterfalls, immense glaciers, spectacular volcanoes,...
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GoEco - Top Volunteer Organization
Indonesia - Bali Sea Turtle Rescue
Did you know that Green Sea Turtles are considered an endangered ...
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MAXIMO NIVEL
Summer Camp in Costa Rica - Spanish Camp!
Develop your Spanish skills in Costa Rica with the Maximo Nivel S...

International Medical Aid (IMA)
Global Health & Pre-Medicine Internships Abroad | IMA
IMA offers an opportunity to enhance your medical and healthcare ...
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LanguBridge Education Centre
Summer Japanese Immersion Program
Our Tokyo summer programs offer students an immersion experience ...
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Reach Cambridge
Reach Cambridge International Summer Courses
Join us for the experience of a lifetime! Reach Cambridge offers...

Global Works - Travel with Purpose
Costa Rica: Summer Service Adventures
Global Works specializes in service trips and educational experie...
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Global Leadership Adventures
GLA Costa Rica - Volunteer Programs for Teens
Travel to Costa Rica and make a difference in a subject area you ...
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A Guide to High School Summer Programs Abroad
Why Travel Abroad in the Summer
High school summer programs will allow you to get out of your local bubble for a few weeks, and fill your head with something other than the latest fashion trends, current TV series, or boy-girl drama. Instead, grasp the opportunity to put yourself in perspective with the rest of the world and see that there is much, much more to life than just perfect report cards and locker combinations.
With a high school summer program abroad, your maturity, sense of independence, and critical thinking skills will evolve more than most people’s do in their entire high school experience. Coming in contact with another culture in a foreign place opens your eyes to new ways of living, which, in turn, teaches you flexibility, adaptation, and responsibility (are your parents convinced yet?). Furthermore, spending even a couple of weeks in France or Spain is going to boost you up to that advanced language class in an eye blink. The younger you are, the easier it is to learn a language, so play the “language immersion” card now, rather than in college. Instead of grammar lessons on blackboards, move in with a host family and make new pengyou that will become your BFF’s even back home.
If you’re not hooked yet, consider this: you will be lightyears ahead of your classmates on college applications. That’s right! You took initiative and jumped on the bandwagon before it became the “cool” thing to do in college. In addition to being a big bullet point on college apps, a summer abroad can help you find what you are truly interested in studying, or maybe even help you find your dream university abroad!
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